what view are you in on finder. it sounds like list view. try hitting the control panel for finder and finding the icon view.
-Eric On Nov 6, 2010, at 9:11 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: > Thanks, Wes! Looks like the Keyboard shortcuts in the System Preferences is > still set to allow access to everything. I also browsed through many of the > other various settings, just to see if anything else jumped out at me. > Didn't make any changes though. With regard to the problem I am having, I am > apparently unable to expand a collapsed folder simply by hitting right-arrow. > When I do press right-arrow, VoiceOver begins reading additional information > about the folder, such as the date it was last modified, size,etc. I don't > know, I am still trying to figure out exactly what is and is not happening at > this point. :-) > > Jenny > > > > > On Nov 6, 2010, at 10:36 PM, Wes Smith wrote: > >> OK......you also need to make sure that in system prefs under keyboard and >> then under the keyboard shortcuts tab you need to have full keyboard access >> to "all controls" and not just "text boxes and lists only." HTH, >> Wes. >> On Nov 6, 2010, at 8:21 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: >> >>> Hello all. Wow, so okay. I have absolutely no idea what I did, but >>> apparently I managed to hit some key combination that modified the way >>> VoiceOver interacts with the Finder window, as well as Mail. I wish I >>> could provide a better visual description of what is happening, but I'm >>> afraid I don't quite understand it myself. Basically, rather than arrowing >>> through the list of files or folders, I have to tab through the list. My >>> husband, who is sighted, said it appears as if the cursor is moving from >>> section to section of the window, as opposed to the next item in the list. >>> However, when VoiceOver is turned off, things appear to operate as normal. >>> Anyway, assuming nobody has any suggestions as to what in the world I may >>> have done, and how to fix it, can anyone perhaps tell me how I might go >>> about resetting my default settings for VoiceOver? That is, of course, if >>> it can in fact be done. I suspect I must have pressed some key combination >>> that triggered the change, but I have to admit it is becoming rather >>> frustrating. <grin> I am using a macbookpro, Snow Leopard. Oh, and if it >>> matters, I currently have my view set to listview, which is what I >>> typically use... >>> >>> Thank you so much for any help you can offer! >>> >>> Jenny >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
